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@ARTICLE{Steiner:908590,
author = {Steiner, Johannes and Nguyen, Binh Duong and Roder, Melissa
and Danilewsky, Andreas N. and Sandfeld, Stefan and
Wellmann, Peter J.},
title = {{A}pplicability of a {F}lat-{B}ed {B}irefringence {S}etup
for the {D}etermination of {T}hreading {D}islocations of
{S}ilicon {C}arbide {W}afers},
journal = {Materials science forum},
volume = {1062},
issn = {0255-5476},
address = {Uetikon},
publisher = {Trans Tech Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-02706},
pages = {113 - 118},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Abstract:Screw-type dislocations like micropipes (MP) and
threading screw dislocations (TSD) are prohibiting the
function or at least diminishing the efficiency of
electronic devices based on silicon carbide (SiC).
Therefore, it is essential to characterize wafers in an
efficient and fast manner. Molten potassium hydroxide (KOH)
etching or white-beam X-ray topography (SWXRT) are either
destructive or not economically viable for an in-depth
characterization of every wafer of one SiC crystal.
Birefringence microscopy is being utilized as a fast and
non-destructive characterization method. Instead of
microscopic setups, commercially available flat-bed scanners
equipped with crossed polarizer foils can be used for fast
large-area scans. This work investigates the feasibility of
such a setup regarding the detection rate of MPs and TSDs.
The results of a full-wafer mapping are compared with
birefringence microscopy and KOH etching. In the
investigated sample clusters of MPs caused by a polytype
switch in the beginning of the growth could be identified by
both birefringence microscopy and the flat-bed scanner
setup, as well as small angle grain boundaries and TED
arrays. However, the resolution of the scanner was not
sufficient to identify TSDs. Nevertheless the setup proves
to be an easy-to-setup and cheap characterization method,
able to quickly identify defect clusters in 4H-SiC wafers.},
cin = {IAS-9},
ddc = {670},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-9-20201008},
pnm = {5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs
(SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.4028/p-y8n42h},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/908590},
}